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TIL that approximately 90% of all gunpowder used by the Patriots during the American Revolution was supplied by France

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R5468 TIL that, during Egypt's early dynasties, rulers were entombed in flat-topped monuments made of clay-brick called mastabas. Imhotep conceived of building a more impressive tomb for his king by stacking mastabas on top of one another, progressively making them smaller, to form Egypt's first pyramid.
ky57 TIL Tuberculosis was so romanticized during the Victorian era that fashion trends emerged to highlight and emulate the symptoms of the disease. This fashion movement is referred to as “Consumptive Chic”.
6o4X TIL when the Emperor Nero began to go nuts, he would stage long singing performances wherein the audience would not be allowed to leave. Women gave birth during these performances and men would fake their deaths in the hopes of being carried out just so they could get away.
X0kwD TIL there that there is a Township in Ontario which has 61 letters, as it consists of the names of every village and hamlet in its borders. Most Ontario Townships and forced-amalgamated rural towns simply use the name of one of the communities as the official legal name.
4awR TIL that California’s economy has surpassed Russia and Italy to become the eighth-largest in the world